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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155521903321

Titolo

The Case for Centralized Federalism / edited by Gordon DiGiacomo & Maryantonett Flumian

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ottawa, ON : , : University of Ottawa Press, , 2010

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2012

©2010

ISBN

1-280-69035-6

9786613667298

0-7766-1908-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 p.)

Collana

Governance series, , 1487-3052 ; ; 26

Altri autori (Persone)

FlumianMaryantonett <1953->

DiGiacomoGordon

Disciplina

352.2/830971

Soggetti

Gouvernement federal - Canada

Decentralisation administrative - Canada

Federal government - Canada

Decentralization in government - Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Maryantonett Flumian -- Ottawa's Deferential Approach to Intergovernmental Relations / Gordon DiGiacomo -- Asymmetrical Federalism in Canada: Magic Wand or Breaking the Ties that Bind? / Michael D. Behiels -- Prime Minister Harper's Open Federalism: Promoting a Neo-liberal Agenda? / Brooke Jeffrey -- Is Canada Ready for a New Universal Social Program? Comparing the Cases of Universal Medicare in the 1960s and 'Universal' Child Care in the New Millennium / Cheryl N. Collier -- The Practitioner's Perspective: Canada is a Journey, Not a Destination / Maryantonett Flumian -- The Great Green North? Canada's Bad Environmental Record and How the Feds Can Fix It / Inger Weibust -- Conclusion The Federal Government is Not Simply One Government Among Many / Gordon DiGiacomo.

Sommario/riassunto

"The Case for Centralized Federalism goes against the current prevailing opinion on federal-provincial relations, which consistently



supports reducing the federal government's powers. Edited by Gordon DiGiacomo and Maryantonett Flumian, this book argues that the federal government is best placed to respond to issues of national interest and create effective policy." "With contributions from Gordon DiGiacomo, Michael D. Behiels, Brooke Jeffrey, Cheryl N. Collier, Maryantonett Flumian and Inger Weibust, the book analyzes the federal government's recent deferential approach to intergovernmental relations and condemns their submissiveness. They locate the origin of this approach in the ambivalent attitudes of the country's founders and in short-sighted electoral objectives. They show how it has hampered federal politics and administration, creating a federal government both unwilling and unable to assume leadership." "For the case against centralization, look for the Case for Decentralized Federalism edited by Ruth Hubbard and Gilles Paquet, also published by the University of Ottawa Press."--BOOK JACKET.